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Jon Batiste pays tribute to Fats Domino during Grammy Awards

Chuck Berry also honored during show's 60th anniversary broadcast
Credit: Express Newspapers/Getty Images
Legendary American jazz pianist and singer Fats Domino (Antoine Domino) died at 89 on Oct. 24, 2017. He shaped rock and roll with songs like Blueberry Hill, The Fat Man, Ain't That a Shame and I'm Walkin' (Photo: Express Newspapers/Getty Images).

Fats Domino might be gone, but his music took center stage Sunday at during the 60th annual Grammy Awards.

Kenner native Jon Batiste, band leader on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” performed a brief tribute to the beloved New Orleans rhythm and blues singer and piano player.

Domino died Oct. 24. He was 89.

Batiste, who performed Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame,” was joined by Gary Clark Jr., who played Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene.”

Berry also died last year at the age of 90.

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